{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0704ba58d96954ddb90cbc28","clusterId":"c_d22d8260d6d67c95a11c657b","slug":"bleach-casts-ichika-and-kazui-as-morita-and-okiayu-trade-family-lines-online","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Bleach Casts Ichika and Kazui as Morita and Okiayu Trade Family Lines Online","summary":"The TV anime BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity - has cast Aisa Tachibana as Kazui Kurosaki and Ayaka Ohashi as Ichika Abarai. Masakazu Morita, who plays Ichigo, wrote on social media that Kazui is \"my son\" and Ichika is \"my friend's daughter.\" Ryotaro Okiayu, who plays Byakuya, answered that Ichika is his niece. The two new voice actors also posted comments, with two episodes left until the conclusion.","whyItMatters":"The casting announcement turned into a public exchange among the actors who have voiced these characters over the years, and the series is promoting it with only two episodes left to air.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAisa Tachibana voices Kazui Kurosaki and Ayaka Ohashi voices Ichika Abarai in BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity -. Both posted comments with the announcement. Tachibana said she is happy and honored to take part in a story she described as loved around the world, and Ohashi said she was overwhelmed to be involved in the work that inspired her to become a voice actress. \u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War cast Masakazu Morita's on-screen son and Ryotaro Okiayu's on-screen niece two episodes before the finale, so the family-tree banter between the actors arrives as the Blood War closes.","twitterPost":"Ichika and Kazui join Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War with two episodes left, so their actors get one arc-end moment, not a full season to establish the roles.","threadsPost":"The Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War casting of Kazui and Ichika lands with two episodes left. Masakazu Morita and Ryotaro Okiayu get to voice the family banter online, but the characters themselves have almost no runtime before the Blood War ends.","newsletterBlurb":"The TV anime BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity - has cast Aisa Tachibana as Kazui Kurosaki and Ayaka Ohashi as Ichika Abarai. Masakazu Morita and Ryotaro Okiayu, who voice Ichigo and Byakuya, answered each other on social media in character terms, and both new cast members posted comments. Two episodes remain until the conclusion.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/09/29/103354.html\",\"title\":\"BLEACH New Cast Announcement: Voice Actor Masakazu Morita Says \\\"That's My Son\\\" and \\\"That's My Friend's Daughter,\\\" While Ryotaro Okiayu Adds \\\"So She's My Niece\\\" - Heartwarming Family-Like Reactions Become a Hot Topic\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4810,"outputTokens":648,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791291133,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T12:49:24.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T12:51:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T12:51:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d22d8260d6d67c95a11c657b","canonicalTitle":"「BLEACH」新キャスト発表に…声優・森田成一「息子です」「友人の娘さんです」＆置鮎龍太郎も「姪、だな」 微笑ましい親戚のような反応が話題","representativeArticleId":"a_b529dd0e4ec7d3541697398e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Shohei Morita\",\"Aiko Hoshiai\",\"Ryotaro Okiayu\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-29T10:45:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-29T10:45:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T12:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime Anime","url":"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/09/29/103354.html","title":"「BLEACH」新キャスト発表に…声優・森田成一「息子です」「友人の娘さんです」＆置鮎龍太郎も「姪、だな」 微笑ましい親戚のような反応が話題"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Shohei Morita","Aiko Hoshiai","Ryotaro Okiayu"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}